Former NASA astronauts to receive Congressional Space Medal of Honor

Vice President Kamala Harris will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to two former NASA astronauts in a White House ceremony Tuesday, according to a White House official and NASA.

Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken will be awarded for their “for bravery in NASA’s SpaceX Demonstration Mission-2 (Demo-2) to the International Space Station in 2020,” NASA said in a news release. The ceremony will mark the first Congressional Space Medal of Honors awarded since 2006.